One Year Old

Luke turned one yesterday. We started the day with a long walk to the North End because it was such a warm day. On the way home, we picked up a cake and some ice cream at Johnny's our local supermarket. I didn't expect the cake to be anything special but it actually was pretty good. After naps and dinner our neighbor Case came over. While we were waiting for Daddy to come home, the boys thought it would be fun to sit in the pan drawer under my oven.

It was hard to scold them for it - they were just too darn cute. Finally at 7 pm Daddy came home. We could have cake! Liam was remarkably patient about the whole thing. I don't think I would have been. I fully expected Luke to go to town on his cake but I think by that time he was too tired. He just had this bemused look on his face and didn't even finish his piece. Cake coma!

Seeing Santa

Christmas is right around the corner and we have been busy getting ready. We put our tree up last weekend after I hauled it out of storage. It is a very sparse fake tree that I bought at target last year when Liam was just starting to walk and I was about to burst with Luke. It doesn't look too bad if you are blinded by all the lights so that you don't notice the large gaps. Every morning when we get up (for some reason this week Liam has been up at 5:30 every morning!) Liam insists that I put the tree lights on and also turn on the snowman decoration with the ever changing rainbow colors. I don't blame him, a lit christmas tree in the dark makes me smile too. Even at that early hour.



Yesterday afternoon we met the Scannells at the annual Christmas party at CBC where Santa arrived by boat! I thought that this year, with Liam being two, he would enjoy sitting with Santa. I had even coached him a bit asking what he was going to ask Santa to bring him for Christmas. (A choo-choo of course!) Deep in my heart though I think I knew what his reaction would be again this year - sheer terror. Maybe next year?

Almost One!

Its really unbelievable that Luke will be one in just a few weeks. I feel like his infanthood has gone alot faster than Liam's. I suppose that's for a few reasons, mainly second child syndrome. With the first child you spend alot of time obsessing about every little detail. With the second kid, you've been there and done that so every milestone is not quite the big deal it was the first time around.

Of course Luke is not suffering at all. He has quite a strong personality all his own. He will grab anything Liam is playing with and if he sees anyone eating anything he will demand to have some too. If he doesn't get his way he will cry. The good news is, he is an excellent eater. He has been feeding himself for months and will eat EVERYTHING put in front of him. I have never ever seen him choose not to eat something in particular unless he is full. (And sometimes I wonder if he eating after he is full much like a dog.) Liam on the other hand was more difficult to feed as a baby and would often not eat something that he had eaten previously. He still is picky about what he eats and often doesn't seem to eat as much as Luke does. I can always count of Luke to finish his own meal and PLUS Liam's leftovers.


The last few weeks have been busy with Thanksgiving among other things. We spent the holiday in Worcester and the boys enjoyed spending time with their "Mia" and aunts, uncles and cousins. The picture shows Mia giving Liam cake or potatoes. She loves feeding him both!

We also have had some fun playdates with Ava Scannell who brought Liam his first playdoh and then joined the boys for a bath. Since then Liam has requested her presence at every bath. We will definitely be using the photos to blackmail them when they are 16.